The earthquake magnitude is influenced by previous seismicity

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Lippiello, E ^a   Godano, C ^a   De Arcangelis, L ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS;

CALIFORNIA; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDES;

EARTH SCIENCES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; SEISMICITY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858182771     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051083     Document Type: Article

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